It's a large book of 600 pages and weighs a kilo, and published by the Sorbonne so it should be full of information. I wish Google Books or amazon could give a look inside or a snippet view though, before I plunk down the money for the library loan or to buy it.

It's a large book of 600 pages and weighs a kilo, and published by the Sorbonne so it should be full of information. I wish Google Books or amazon could give a look inside or a snippet view though, before I plunk down the money for the library loan or to buy it.

Oh - please get it, Ross. You have to read it for the rest of us. I'm sure there will be plenty of goodies in it, even if there's no mention of Tarot.

Thank you Ross. It seems that Chapitre can ship to Italy, so I could get a copy from them (on Amazon.fr the book is not available and Fnac does not seem to ship outside France).
Could you find any information about the author? I guess that the fact that the publisher is the Sorbonne is a sort of guarantee...

Well folks, it's so hard for me to give an opinion because I just have no idea what was being talked about in the book. I can say that I didn't see anything that seemed directly tarot related in the illustrations, nor was tarot mentioned in index. Out of the list of words Ross suggested to check in the index, the only one that did have any matches was "sorts". I photocopied the pages, and will try to scan them and put them up this week.

It's a thick book, paperback, and I must say that if it was in English or if I could read French, I would put it on the list of books that I would want to own. I'm sure there is much to interest anyone interested in the title.

Really, it's going to take someone who understands the content to give a fair evaluation. There were lovely illustrations of astrology, alchemy, etc... and even some illustrations that made me think a bit of tarot (I photocopied one page that I'll put up).

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

best,
robert

The Tarot will lose all its vitality for one who allows himself to be side-tracked by its pedantry. - Aleister Crowley